AHA/ASA Guidelines for Early Management of Patients with Acute Ischaemic Stroke

These guidelines were updated in 2018 and can be found here. Of special interest is the reversal of the recommendation to avoid general anaesthesia for thrombectomy in stroke, in view of newer data. The choice of conscious sedation versus GA should be individualised and are both approaches are acceptable, according to the revised guidelines. More on that in our commentary.

Archives

Archives

A bit more about our site….

Although we do our best to keep NeuroScand updated and as clinically useful as possible, we cannot assume responsibility for the validity and reliability of its content. Please use your own clinical judgment when reading this site. NeuroScand is an open forum and we invite discussions. However, we are not responsible for comments made by other users.